USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
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Battleship USS Pennsylvania BB-38 inter-war period
Battleship USS Pennsylvania leaving San Diego 1934
Battleship USS Pennsylvania underway, 1940
Battleships viewed between 14inch guns of USS Pennsylvania 1936
USS Downes, USS Cassin and USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) after Pearl Harbor attack
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) blasts Guam
USS Pennsylvania BB-38 underway in 1943
USS Pennsylvania bombarding Attu Island 11 May 1943
USS Pennsylvania bow
USS Pennsylvania fires a 14” gun salvo during a bombarding of Attu Island 1943
Vought OS2U Kingfisher ready for launch aboard Battleship USS Pennsylvania BB-38 1943
Pennsylvania class battleship (super-dreadnought). Laid down: 27 October 1913 Launched: 16 March 1915 Commissioned: 12 June 1916 Fate: Sunk off Kwajalein Atoll after atomic bomb testing (Operation Crossroads), 10 February 1948 Main armament: 12 x 360 mm L/45 Bibliography:
- US Standard-type Battleships 1941-1945 (1): Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Mexico Classes – Osprey New Vanguard 220
- U.S. Battleships in Action, Part 1 – Robert C. Stern, Don Greer; Squadron/Signal Publications Warships No. 3
- U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History – Norman Friedman; Naval Institute Press 1985
- The Age of the Battleship 1890-1922
- US Navy Dreadnoughts 1914-45 – Osprey New Vanguard 208
- Battleships The First Big Guns, Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War) - Philip Kaplan
- Battleships - Peter Hore; Lorenz Books 2005
- Battleships: United States Battleships, 1935-1992 - Naval Institute Press 1995
- Battleships: An Illustrated History of Their Impact - Stanley Sandler
- All the World's Battleships: 1906 to the Present - Ian Sturton; Conway Maritime Press 2000